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IT’S NOT TOO LATE!
Jerlov Medal deadline extended to January 12! All other TOS Honors nominations are due November 30.
Take this opportunity to recognize and celebrate a colleague, mentor, team, or peer for their exceptional achievements and contributions to the ocean sciences. > LEARN MORE
DON’T MISS THE DEADLINES!
TOS Council and Committees Self-Nominations Deadline: November 30
Gain valuable leadership experience and contribute to our community by developing new TOS programs and guiding the ongoing activities of the Society. > LEARN MORE
FROM THE PRESIDENT – Deborah Bronk
Hello TOS members! This month I’d like to challenge us to think about work/life balance and ask… Is work/life integration a more useful construct? > READ MORE
EVENT NEWS – Ocean Sciences Meeting 2024
Take advantage of the early bird registration rates by January 10, 2024, and discounted housing rates by January 24, 2024.
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EVENT NEWS – Ocean Optics XXVI
We’re looking forward to convening Ocean Optics XXVI in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, from October 6–11, 2024! Registration and abstract submission open in winter 2024.
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News and Resources
GRAD STUDENT/EARLY CAREER RESOURCES
Visit TOS’s Grad Student/Early Career Resources page where you will find graduate student and early career job and fellowship links, shiptime opportunities, and helpful articles and websites…
STUDENT HIGHLIGHT
Anjali Boyd
CAREER PROFILES: OPTIONS AND INSIGHTS
View nearly 100 career profiles of ocean scientists with careers outside of academia. These profiles are intended to advise ocean sciences graduate students about career options other than teaching and/or research in a university setting…
NAVIGATING GRAD SCHOOL
Don’t miss Oceanography magazine’s popular articles providing guidance on navigating grad school:
UNDERGRAD STUDENT RESOURCES
Visit TOS’s Undergrad Student Resources page for lists of opportunities and recommended reading…
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Featured Resources
Disseminating Knowledge of Oceanography and Its Application
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory
This special issue of Oceanography explores 50 years of innovative research in oceanography
New Frontiers in Ocean Exploration
The Ocean Exploration Trust 2022 Field Season—A 2023 Supplement to Oceanography
Frontiers in Ocean Observing
Emerging Technologies for Understanding and Managing a Changing Ocean—A 2023 Supplement to Oceanography
Oceanography March 2023
This issue includes a look at hot vents along Gakkel Ridge, turbulence in the deep Mediterranean, an array of ocean education subjects, and more…
Scientific Ocean Drilling
More than 50 years of extraordinary science enabled by scientific ocean drilling is celebrated in this 2019 special issue of Oceanography.
The New Arctic Ocean
This special issue of Oceanography explores the profound changes that are occuring to the Arctic Ocean and the many follow-on consequences.
DIY Oceanography
Presenting homemade sensors or instruments that you can build, or build upon.
Hands-On Oceanography
Providing peer-reviewed activities for undergraduate and/or graduate classes in oceanography.
Teaching Physical Concepts in Oceanography
A collection of hands-on/minds-on activities for teaching physical concepts that are fundamental in oceanography.
Scientifically Speaking
Tips for preparing and delivering scientific talks and using visual aids.
Career Profiles
Providing advice to ocean sciences graduate students about career options outside of the university setting.
NEWS
Oceanography is an open access journal featuring peer-reviewed articles that chronicle all aspects of ocean science and its applications.
THE OCEANOGRAPHY FLIPBOOK KIOSK
In a large and exciting upgrade to our offerings, you can now page through past issues and supplements via our Oceanography flip book kiosk. The pages render crisply and issues are easily navigable. Please take a look and let us know what you think!
FOR AUTHORS: We can now add videos, animations, photo galleries, and audio files to the flip books. If you are planning to submit a manuscript to Oceanography, please think about how you might want to enhance your online article by adding supplementary files.
Featured Articles
Activity Bingo: Nudging Students to Make the Most Out of Fieldwork
By M.S. Glessmer et al.
We want all our students to be able to make the most of the valuable learning opportunities that fieldwork presents, and for that purpose, we created our “fieldwork bingo” activity…
Advances in Environmental DNA Sampling for Observing Ocean Twilight Zone Animal Diversity
By A.F. Govindarajan et al.
As eDNA analyses are incorporated into mid- and deep-water research and observing, new technologies and an improved understanding of eDNA distributions are required…
The Great Ocean Conveyor
By W.S. Broecker
This paper, published in Oceanography in 1991, provides a summary, from the author’s perspective, of the ocean conveyor belt’s operation.
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